Self-Feeder Plan Reduces Feed and Labor in Pig Fattening
An experiment at Kansas State College compared self feeding with hand feeding for 75 pound pigs over 100 days. Self fed pigs used less tankage and produced similar or better gains, with higher profit and lower labor. The study found a 5 percent tankage balance and that self feeding required fewer bushels of corn per 100 pounds of gain.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
C. W. McCampbell
Be.f. Fercin
H. 3. Winchester
Fight Against Hog Cholera By USDA In 1920 Report
The USDA partnered with four states to investigate hog cholera outbreaks and apply approved cleaning methods. Bureau veterinarians demonstrated techniques, aided practitioners, and conducted educational work. About 140 veterinarians worked most of the year, but funding cuts in late 1920 reduced staff and education efforts for 1921.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Inducing Swine Exercise on Hog Farms
A method to induce exercise in sows involves placing sleeping quarters away from the feeding area so the sows travel a distance several times daily. If separation isn’t feasible, sows will get exercise by eating hay from a slow rack built for this purpose.
Feed Tips for Young Colts and Roughage Balance
The feed suggests giving young colts reasonable oats with roughage to support growth and health. It emphasizes proper nourishment for developing foals and includes notes on how this contributes to better performance.
Root and Salad Crops In Favor For Succession Plantings
United States Department of Agriculture garden guidance urges multiple plantings a week apart for root and salad crops to ensure a continuous harvest. Radishes beets carrots parsnips lettuce watercress chicory and endive are detailed with spacing, thinning, and storage tips for home and small garden plots.
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United States
United States Department of Ariculture
Nicotine Dust Proves Cheaper Insect Control
United States Department of Agriculture tests show 4 percent nicotine sulfate mixed with kaolin as a dust effectively controlling onion thrips cabbage aphids and cucumber beetles on the leaf undersides. The method covers larger areas quickly with cheaper equipment and can be combined with arsenate of lead or sulfur for broader pest control.
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United States Department of
Fruit for aaverage family and home garden plantings
United States Department of Agriculture specialists urge home gardeners to plant fruit trees and bush fruits. Strawberries grow well across many climates and soils, with raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries also suitable in temperate regions, though raspberries dislike extreme heat or cold. Planting along fences is effective for raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Central
Ieastern
Pacific Northwest
Setting out nut trees in early stages
Nut trees such as walnut, hickory and oak form a deep taproot and few feeding roots in their first year. They cannot usually be transplanted to the field as readily as other trees, so planting nuts or acorns on the permanent site is preferred.
Growing Muscadine Grapes Trellis Guide
The muscadine grape should be trained to a trellis with three wires rather than two. Posts should be eight to nine feet tall and set two to three feet in the ground, with wire two feet apart on posts sixteen feet apart. Vines should be twenty five feet apart in the row.
Excellent Sow Ration For Pigs From Corn Alfalfa Mix
The recommended ration for sows with piglets is corn, grain and alfalfa. Hay can be self fed in a rack or ground at a small cost and mixed with grain feed.
The Boy Jesus With the Teachers and the Growth of Luke 2:52
The lesson outlines the Excellency of Wisdom from Proverbs and Israel’s duty to teach God’s Word at home, with emphasis on Wisdom as Christ. It notes education from biblical truth enriches life, and details Jesus aging in stature, wisdom, and favor with God and man.
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Jesus
God
Education Christian
Christ
Israel
The Detractor's Work in Selected Saying
A quotation notes that a detractor may pull down others but cannot elevate himself. By tearing from them blessings he cannot enjoy, he only mimics malice rather than virtue.
Eternity as a stern image before God
A fragmentary 19th century style meditation describes Eternity as a colossal image facing God with blind eyes and dim lips that murmur endlessly, and adds a terse line on drowning.
Tanlae Miracle Restores 11 Year Old and Mrs Reifenstein
Emma Reifenstein of Syracuse credits Tanlae with a dramatic weight gain and recovery from nervous exhaustion. She and her husband say Tanlae revived her health after years of indigestion fatigue and weakness. Yanlae is sold by leading druggists everywhere.
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Emma Reifenstein
Webster Avenue
Syracuse
N. Y
J. Reifenstein
Jer
Tanlae
Yanlae
Adv
Little Belle Delivers Lovely Sunday Gift
A young girl named Belle carries a cherished gift to her Sunday school teacher, Miss Ann, from the family. Belle remarks the bride hopeful mother wanted her to have it, noting it is better than anything in their house.
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Belle
Miss Ann
Papa
Advert for Cuticura skin care products
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for clear skin and relief from pimples redness and itching. It advises bathing with Cuticura Soap and hot water, rinsing and drying gently, then dusting on Cuticura Talcum for a pleasant fragrance. 25e for all items.
Omar Khayyam and desert whimsy in a Sun column
A lighthearted reminiscence on Omar Khayyam and desert living, contrasting his famed simple pleasures with modern taboos. The piece evokes desert imagery, old wagons, and a carefree life that would clash with present restrictions, ending with a playful nod to confinement in a calaboose.
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Omar Khayyam
Khayyam
Omar I
Shayyam
Ariz
Sun
Egypt bans cotton cultivation to favor cereals
Egypt imposes a rule prohibiting growing cotton for now as higher returns from cotton lead to neglect of cereals. Officials say regulation aims to balance crops and ensure food supply.
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Egypt
Striking young woman draws notice at third table
In the room a bystander remarks about a girl at the third table wearing a low cut gown. He calls her a striking young slim figure, noting the audacious dress and her youth.
Airplane wheels gain tiny tires on wheel edge
A Popular Science Monthly idea suggests mounting small wheels around each main wheel. These miniature wheels deploy with impact to slow the aircraft and aid a quick smooth landing.
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Popular Science Monthly
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